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40 Years (Feat. Leee John)
Imagination
40 Years (Feat. Leee John)
Imagination
Limited 17 CD set. After discreetly having pre-release album cuts played on the UK's pirate jazz-funk and soul stations, Imagination, with their charismatic lead singer, Leee John, burst onto the scene in May 1981, when their debut single 'Body Talk' entered the UK Charts at #68, with it peaking at #4 on 18th July 1981, having gained momentum after their momentous and unforgettable debut performance on BBC One's Top Of The Pops on 4th June 1981. In the period 1981-1983, Imagination had hits in almost 30 countries around the world, with very high popularity across Europe, especially in France, Italy, Benelux, and Germany, whilst also appearing in the Billboard US Dance and R&B Charts on a regular basis in the throughout the '80s. They really were a internationally successful British group, earning numerous Platinum, Gold and Silver discs, for hit singles 'Flashback', In And Out Of Love', the much-sampled 'Just An Illusion' and 'Music And Lights', 'New Dimension', 'State Of Love', 'Looking At Midnight' and 'Thank You My Love' and albums Body Talk, In The Heat Of The Night, Scandalous, Night Dubbing, Closer and Like It Is. 40 YEARS is a career-encompassing retrospective of Imagination's and Leee John's recorded music output, with 189 tracks across 17CDs, including all of their studio albums from 1981's Body Talk, up until 2016's Retropia. 40 Years also features a 2-disc collection of Unreleased Trax, Mixes & Demos, a 2-disc collection of alternate and unreleased mixes from Closer, a Live Trax disc from several shows spanning the decades and a disc of extended versions in 12" Singles Selection.
Media | Music CD (Compact Disc) |
Number of discs | 17 |
Released | February 10, 2023 |
EAN/UPC | 0740155731434 |
Label | EDSEL BOX SET EDSL0114 |
Genre | Soul / R&B Soul |
Dimensions | 137 × 139 × 64 mm · 1.84 kg |
Track list
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1. CD
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2. CD
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3. CD
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4. CD
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5. CD
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6. CD
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7. CD
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8. CD
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9. CD
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10. CD
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11. CD
- Utopia
- Secrets
- Fantasia
- Solitude
- Do It Right Now
- Hello Goodbye
- Tell Her Love Has Felt the Need
- Highway to Hell
- Brighter Day
- Make Your Mind Up
- The Best I Could
- Visions
- Just an Illusion (21st Century Version) - Remastered
- Krash (All Night Long) (New Radio Mix)
- Police and Thieves
- The Truth (Alternative Version)
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12. CD
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13. CD
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14. CD
- The Key (Only You) (Imagination)
- Give into Love - Dub Version (Leee John & Adam Pendse)
- Fly (Imagination)
- In the Heat of the Night - Alt Version (Imagination)
- Changing Times (Leee John & Sinitta)
- Gyration (Imagination)
- Casualty (Leee John)
- Daydreamer (Leee John)
- Two of a Kind (Leee John)
- Keep a Lite (Leee John)
- Make Your Mind Up - Original Version Demo (Leee John)
- Are You Ready (Leee John)
- Ay Ay [version 1] (Leee John Ft Ezzy)
- Best of My Love (Leee John)
- Cherish (Leee John)
- Turn It out (Leee John)
- When Love Calls (Leee John)
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15. CD
- New Dimension [alternative Chorus "In a Mans World"] (Imagin
- Looking at Midnight [alternative Mix] (Imagination)
- Heart 'n' Soul [alternative Vocal Version Mix] (Imagination)
- Passion [original Leee John Vocal] (Imagination Ft Leee John
- Passion [duet English / French Version] (Imagination Ft Leee J
- Passion [deevious Mix by Dee Vaz] Duet English / French Versio
- Passion [tefa French Rap] Duet English / French Version] (Imag
- Too Late (Leee John)
- Notorious [original Demo Became 'wrong in Love' from 'scanda
- Happiness [original Demo Which Became 'one More Love'] (Imag
- Going Round in Circles [demo] (Imagination)
- Halfway to Paradise [demo Which Became 'so Good, So Right']
- Stop, Look & Listen (Leee John)
- Some People (Leee John)
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16. CD
- Tell Me Do You Want My Love [live Circa 1984]
- Found My Girl [live Leeds 1985]
- Shoo Be Doo Da Dabba Doobee [live UK Circa 1985]
- Thank You My Love Live UK Circa 1986]
- Heart 'n' Soul [live Leeds Circa 1986]
- We Turn the World -pt 1/ Pt 2 [live, Leningrad Russia Circa
- In and out of Love - Reggae [live, Russia 1989/90]
- Love's Takin over [live, Russia]
- Body Talk [live, Russia]
- Instinctual [live, Russia]
- Slippin' Slowly [live UK Circa 1999] (Leee John)
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17. CD
- New Dimension [us Remix Edit] (Imagination)
- State of Love (Imagination)
- Body and Soul (Imagination)
- Thank You My Love (Imagination)
- Last Days of Summer (Imagination)
- Changes (Dimitri from Paris is Nightdubbin' Remix)
- The Best of My Life [12" Re-edit]
- No More Lies (Nelson Leeroy Ft. Leee John of Imagination)
- Do It Right Now [victor Simonelli Remix] (Imagination Featur
- Burnin' Up [new Vocal Extended Mix] (Leee John)
- Solitude [dario Caminita Long Edit] (Leee John of Imaginatio